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Gabriël, the self proclaimed 'Peintre Paysagiste des Polders Hollandais', was on an ever continuing search for the ideal rendering of the Dutch polder landscape. He consciously chose the time of day in which to go into nature to paint his well known effects of light and colour: the intense blue of the sky, the many colour nuances in the water and large number of rich greens in the vegetation. The art-critic Anton Cornelis Loffelt writing about Gabriël's sunny landscapes in Het Vaderland in 1884, states: 'Wie praat er nog van een "grijze school"? 't Is alles licht, liefde, leven in die zonnige natuur' (see: M. Peters (ed.), Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël (1828-1903): colorist van de Haagse School, Zwolle 1998, p. 134).
Compared to his fellow Hague School artists, who excelled in different shades of grey, Gabriël who was known as 'colourist of The Hague School', uses colour to create a realistic impression of the polder in summer. In his endeavour to create the ideal landscape he painted after reality, leaving out the details which he found unattractive: 'Je moet mooi kiezen en dat is gemakkelijk genoeg want buiten is bijna alles mooi en heb je maar weg te laaten wat leelijk is' (see: M. Peters (ed.), op cit., p. 38). In the present painting he has succeeded in creating an incredible sense of space, carefully interspersing colour accents by way of grazing animals, and adding drama by allowing the windmills to be silhouetted against a seemingly endless sky.
Compared to his fellow Hague School artists, who excelled in different shades of grey, Gabriël who was known as 'colourist of The Hague School', uses colour to create a realistic impression of the polder in summer. In his endeavour to create the ideal landscape he painted after reality, leaving out the details which he found unattractive: 'Je moet mooi kiezen en dat is gemakkelijk genoeg want buiten is bijna alles mooi en heb je maar weg te laaten wat leelijk is' (see: M. Peters (ed.), op cit., p. 38). In the present painting he has succeeded in creating an incredible sense of space, carefully interspersing colour accents by way of grazing animals, and adding drama by allowing the windmills to be silhouetted against a seemingly endless sky.